Thanks everyone for trying out Opera Mobile beta for Android so far!

We published another update last night with fixes for the following problems:
- Japanese/Arabic/Hebrew/Thai fonts support
- "default browser" problem when both Opera Mobile and Opera Mini is installed on the device

Your bug reports are very valuable for us, as we can’t reproduce some of the reported problems ourselves. However, sometimes it’s hard for us to find the reason from your posts on the forums. It’s also possible to report bugs directly to our bug tracking system at https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/. Please don’t forget to set Android in both the operating system and platform dropdowns there.

In case of crashes, it would be of a great help if you also attached a log that would tell us what was going on when the crash happened, although it isn’t so straightforward to get the log:

First of all, you need to download Android tools from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. There are versions for Windows, Linux and Mac. After you unpack it, start a command line (that’s "cmd" in the Windows "Run…" menu) and go to the tools directory. Once there, type "adb logcat" and attach the output to the bug report. Note that for this to work, you need to enable Applications -> Development -> USB debugging on your phone.

Once you update Opera from the Android Market, I wish you a nice experience with it!

Last night we updated the build on Android Market. It has a fix for crash on startup on high-resolution tablet devices in landscape mode.

And for those of you with Android 1.5, we have a build for you too :). It will not be in Android Market, but you can download it here.

Thanks for all your feedback so far! We are monitoring the forums closely and will fix bugs and add features as fast as we can.

We are excited to release Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Android. Our outstanding Android developers in Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Poland, and China have been working overtime to bring you this release. Opera signature features like Speed Dials, Visual Tabs, Password Manager, Link, Turbo and many others are now available to Android users. Not to forget the legendary speed of the Opera Presto rendering engine.

Search for "Opera Mobile" in the Android Market, or download direct to your PC.

Read more on our web site. And if you are a developer, there is even more at dev.opera.com.

Share your feedback in our forums.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!

And know that there is more in the pipeline. This is a first release and we prioritized having a stable base to start with. Over the next months we will add support for HTML5 Video and Flash, as well as upgrading to the latest Opera Presto core and thereby enabling standards like Application Cache and Web Storage. And we focus on platform optimizations like Hardware Acceleration and JIT compilation which will further improve both performance and usability.

Known issues:

• Incorrect fonts used for some Asian characters (Japanese not working)
  
• Some compatibility issues with some Google services (working with Google on that)
  
• Web fonts disabled
  

Opera Mobile vs Mobile Mini
As many of you know we also have Opera Mini available for Android OS. For more information about the difference between the two products, see this blog post and the specs on the product pages. Some of you will prefer one over the other. Others, like me, will want to have both. Both are free and available today for your Android OS phone so we encourage you to try them both for yourself.

You asked for it, so here it is! Opera Mini 5.1 Beta for Series 60 has landed!

This super-fast version of Opera Mini is optimized for almost all Series 60 handsets in use today. Almost every Symbian device known to man, belonging to the Series 60 2.0 family and newer will run this beta. These devices date back as far as 2003!

New Series 60 devices will benefit from radically improved performance and scrolling. Ye olde Series 60 devices, like the Nokia 6600 are *finally* able to run Opera Mini 5.1 - at lightning speed! :yes:

Why should I use Opera Mini 5.1 Beta for Series 60?
- Huge start up time improvements.
- Lightning fast page load times.
- Improved scrolling performance.
- Integration with your device’s native input.
- Option to choose default access point - no more annoying connection dialogs.
- Now supporting more devices than ever.

Opera Mini 5.1 Beta for Series 60 can run happily alongside your regular Opera Mini 5.1 installation. Give it a try and compare for yourself!

This beta is only available in English at the moment, but keep your eyes out for an update.
This beta will not work in China. A Chinese version will be here soon!

To download Opera Mini 5.1 Beta for Series 60 handsets visit http://m.opera.com/ on your phone or http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/pc/ on your PC.

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Opera Mini 5.1 for Android will soon be updated.
The major changes in this release are:

- Adjusted font sizes.
- Font fixes for Chinese and Japanese, so speed on pages with these fonts should be greatly improved.
- Improved stability.
- Improved input for Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro.
- Chinese users can now download the application from the Android Market.
- A bunch of bug fixes.

If you already have Opera Mini 5.1 for Android installed, the update will be automatically applied.

Download Opera Mini directly to your Android phone for free from the Android Market. For more information, visit http://www.opera.com/mobile/.

As always, we welcome your feedback in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini team

Today we have released Opera Mobile 10.1 beta 2 for Symbian handsets.

In Beta 2 we are excited to introduce an ARM optimized version of our latest Carakan JavaScript engine. JavaScript execution speed is increase about 4 times! Read more about Carakan and JIT here.

We are releasing Beta 2 to encourage user feedback on the updated JavaScript engine. So we encourage all users of Symbian phones, advanced or novice, to try out this beta 2 and report bugs in the forums.

Download Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta 2 for S60 directly to your phone at m.opera.com/next.


Known issues in the 10.1 Beta 2:

• Higher memory usage for Carakan with JIT compilation.




• Due to timing issues with different geolocation information providers (WiFi, cell towers, GPS) first request may have poor precision




• Fast scrolling on Touch devices not optimized for page rendering




• Opera Link may not work when using APN with a proxy configured




• Some SVGT images may appear to freeze on Nokia E-series phones




• If SIM card is not registered, or phone is in flight mode, first geolocation request in a browser session may fail

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum. Thanks!

The long-awaited Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Phone 6.5, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5, and Windows Mobile 2003 based handsets has finally arrived. We have worked days and nights to improve on every aspect of the browser. Some highlights include default browser functionality and support for more devices. A big thanks to all our users on Windows Mobile who have waited so patiently for this release.

What’s new in Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile?

• Ability to set Opera Mini as default browser on the device.
  
• Support for g-sensor screen rotation on HTC and Samsung devices.
  
• Support for predictive input if the device supports it natively.
  
• Improved page layout on high-resolution screens.
  
• Improved kinetic scrolling.
  
• Alternative installer that works on Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC devices.
  
• Text input works on many more devices
  
• A host of bug fixes in Opera Mini browser core for stability and rendering accuracy.
  

To download Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile handsets visit http://m.opera.com/ on your phone.

As always, we welcome your feedback in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Opera Mini 5.1 Java and Blackberry clients have been updated to re-activate the dialogs removed by last week’s minor server update.

To download this update, please visit http://m.opera.com/

As always, we welcome your feedback in our forum, and please report any bugs in our bug report wizard. Thanks!

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Today we updated the Opera Mini server to version 4.19.864.

This minor security update temporarily disables some client-side dialogs. Until resolved, these dialogs will be displayed in a web page instead of the client.

As this is a server update all Opera Mini users will experience the updated behavior.

Regards,
The Opera Mini Team

Today we released Opera Mini 10.1 beta for Symbian/S60 keypad (series 3) and touchscreen (series 5) devices.

The main new features include:

• Geolocation. Web sites can now query the location of your device. End user controls access on a site by site basis.
  
• Carakan JavaScript engine (w/o JIT)
  
• Vega graphics library
  
• Update of Opera Core and numerous bug fixes
  

Download Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta for S60 directly to your phone at m.opera.com/next.

Or download direct to your PC here:

• International
  
• With Asian language support
  

Known issues in the 10.1 Beta:

• Somewhat higher memory usage, especially on JavaScript intensive sites
  
• Due to timing issues with different geolocation information providers (WiFi, cell towers, GPS) first request may have poor precision
  
• Fast scrolling on Touch devices not optimized for page rendering
  
• Opera Link may not work when using APN with a proxy configured
  
• Some SVGT images may appear to freeze on Nokia E-series phones
  
• If SIM card is not registered, or phone is in flight mode, first geolocation request in a browser session may fail
  

As always, we welcome your feedback here in our forum. Thanks!